Lisa Selin Davis Internet Trolls

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Internet trolls are everywhere on any social site. Some internet trolls are good and some are bad. I read “Internet Trolls” by Lisa Selin Davis. Trolls are people who write online reviews about places they visited. They state their experience with the environment of the place and the workers. Its talks about how anyone can be trolls not just mean and anger people. There are different categories of trolls. For example, the moral crusaders, emotionally dislocated, and disinhibited are three different types of trolls. Therefore, I believe that the moral crusader campaigns his issues by leaving Facebook comments, giving/posting opinions on YouTube, also posting on blogs. The moral crusader campaigns his issues by leaving Facebook comments. The first example is people post pictures and status on Facebook, and other people can see it and comment on it. For example, a girl posted a picture of herself from her vacation to Florida on Facebook and there were many comments. Some were good but most were very hurtful. Some said she was fat and other said that she was ugly and why did you post an ugly picture. All these words has a negative effect on her. Lowing herself emotionally, making her feel like she’s not beautiful …show more content…
If someone post a video on YouTube to try to get noticed by music people or just because they want to make a video. People can leave comments on their, If someone is singing in a video someone can say that they can’t sing or let who sings that song let them sing it and not you. For example, a girl I know posted a video about people who were an addict and how it isn’t easy dealing with that. Not only the person whose addicted but to their friends and family also. This video went viral all across the world from people sharing it among friends. It don’t matter how hard you have worked or how long it took to post a video, someone always has something negative to say no matter

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